#B8442B#B8442B

#B8442B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.155 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8442B
RGB	rgb(184, 68, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 45.57, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 60.03, 40.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1291 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.155 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2727, 14.5022, 3.9114)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8442B #2B9FB8

analogous

#B82B59 #B8442B #B88B2B

triadic

#B8442B #2BB844 #442BB8

tetradic

#B8442B #59B82B #2B9FB8 #8B2BB8

square

#B8442B #59B82B #2B9FB8 #8B2BB8

split-complementary

#B8442B #2BB88B #2B59B8

monochromatic

#551F14 #86321F #B8442B #D5644B #E18F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B8442B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B8442B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8442B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8442B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8442B	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8442b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 68, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.155 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d66',
    500: '#b8442b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8442b;
$custom-light: #d57d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8442b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54271,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8442B

secondary

#76BAC9

accent

#C8E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8442B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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